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May 14, 2026
Trump as Netanyahu’s Spokesman: U.S. Policy in Gaza Mirrors Israeli Ambitions
Elijah J Magnier, Jul 3, 2025
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Israeli army organises hiking tours inside occupied Syrian territory
MEE staff, 4 April 2025
US and Israel look to Africa for resettling Palestinians from Gaza
JOSEF FEDERMAN, MATTHEW LEE AND SAMY MAGDY, AP, March 14, 2025
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Israel’s secret plan to transfer Palestinians more than 50 years ago
Amer Sultan, Middle East Monitor, February 2, 2025
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Jared Kushner’s New Investments in Israeli Settlements
FREDDY BREWSTER & KATYA SCHWENK, THE LEVER, JAN 16, 2025
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A Ceasefire Won’t Stop the War on Palestine
TARIQ KENNEY-SHAWA, THE NATION, JANUARY 16, 2025. The Best Analysis of the Gaza Ceasefire.
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Inside Israel’s opportunistic invasion of Syria
Since the fall of Bashar al-Assad, Israel has carried out an unprovoked invasion of Syria…
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ADC Statement on Syria and Continued Israeli Aggression
Israel’s recent escalation in Syria is emblematic of its broader strategy to reshape the Middle…
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US repeats Israel’s ‘right to defend itself’ after invasion of Syria
State Department says Israel has right to ‘take actions against terrorist organisations’ By MEE staff, 9…
My Israeli Neighbors Are Rejoicing: Trump Will Make Israel Great(er)
DIARY FROM A PALESTINIAN IN ISRAEL Diana Buttu on how Trump’s ‘Israel first’ Cabinet picks…
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A conflict the White House once hoped to moderate has gone from “over the top”…
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Take Action: Tell White House, Elected Officials that the U.S. has allowed Israel to destroy…
No, Israel does not have a right to defend itself in Gaza. But the Palestinians do.
CRAIG MOKHIBER, MONDOWEISS, SEPTEMBER 10, 2024
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Israeli air strikes kill 492 people in Lebanon
David Gritten, BBC News, September 23, 2024 At least 492 people have been killed in…
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Israelis urge Netanyahu to accept U.S. ceasefire deal as Hamas gives its response Hezbollah has…
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A quiet bureaucratic maneuver by Netanyahu’s government has begun transferring control over the occupied territory…
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‘We Don’t Know if They Are Dead or Alive’ TAJ ALI, Tribune, Oct 23, 2023…
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The Honorable Joseph R. Biden The White House 1600 Pennsylvania Ave. Washington, DC 20500 Dear…
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Peter Beinart, The Guardian, 10 Mar 2022
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Brett Wilkins, Common Dreams, May 03, 2021
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The Palestinian Human Rights Organizations Council renews the call for targeted sanctions Palestinian Human Rights…
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Democracy Now!, SEPTEMBER 12, 2019 GUESTS Noura Erakat Palestinian human rights attorney and an assistant…
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Isabel Kershner, Sheryl Gay Stolberg and Peter Baker, New York Times, Aug. 15, 2019 JERUSALEM…
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Mohamed Mohamed, Mondoweiss, July 26, 2019
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Omar Barghouti, The Guardian, 16 Apr 2019
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Asa Winstanley, Middle East Monitor, February 28, 2018
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Peter Beaumont, The Guardian, 6 April 2017
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Institute for Middle East Understanding, Mondoweiss, October 22, 2015
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US Campaign to End the Israeli Occupation, Ramah Kudaimi, March 22nd, 2014
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Madison Area Peace Coalition, Cap Times, Jun 13, 2010
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MIKE MURRAY, Cap Times, Jun 9, 2007 This week marks the 40th anniversary of the…
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NORMAN FINKELSTEIN, CounterPunch, NOVEMBER 13, 2006
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Uri Avnery, CounterPunch, November 7, 2003
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